Amazon hydrology from space: scientific advances and future challenges

AC Fassoni‐Andrade, AS Fleischmann… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As the largest river basin on Earth, the Amazon is of major importance to the world's climate
and water resources. Over the past decades, advances in satellite‐based remote sensing …

How much inundation occurs in the Amazon River basin?

AS Fleischmann, F Papa, A Fassoni-Andrade… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Amazon River basin harbors some of the world's largest wetland complexes,
which are of major importance for biodiversity, the water cycle and climate, and human …

Challenges regionalizing methane emissions using aquatic environments in the Amazon basin as examples

JM Melack, LS Basso, AS Fleischmann… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Key challenges to regionalization of methane fluxes in the Amazon basin are the large
seasonal variation in inundated areas and habitats, the wide variety of aquatic ecosystems …

A novel integrated urban flood risk assessment approach based on one-two dimensional coupled hydrodynamic model and improved projection pursuit method

L Yan, H Rong, W Yang, J Lin, C Zheng - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban flood risk assessment is a complex task, as it requires extensive knowledge about
hydrological features of the catchment, hydraulic characteristics of the drainage network and …

Study on urban flood simulation based on a novel model of SWTM coupling D8 flow direction and backflow effect

W Yang, C Zheng, X Jiang, H Wang, J Lian, D Hu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban flood is a serious challenge that increasingly affects the residents. Simulation of
urban flood is becoming increasingly relevant in the world. However, how to improve the …

Trade‐offs between 1‐D and 2‐D regional river hydrodynamic models

AS Fleischmann, RCD Paiva… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have seen the development of 1‐D and 2‐D regional‐scale hydrological‐
hydrodynamic models, which differ greatly from reach‐scale applications in terms of subgrid …

Bidirectional river‐floodplain connectivity during combined pluvial‐fluvial events

N Tull, P Passalacqua… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrologic connectivity controls the lateral exchange of water, solids, and solutes between
rivers and floodplains, and is critical to ecosystem function, water treatment, flood …

Floodplain Surface‐Water Circulation Dynamics: Congaree River, South Carolina, USA

S van der Steeg, R Torres, E Viparelli… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A robustly calibrated and validated hydrodynamic model depicts flow patterns over a
topographically complex floodplain with a heterogeneous main channel levee. Simulations …

Inundation, hydrodynamics and vegetation influence carbon dioxide concentrations in Amazon floodplain lakes

JHF Amaral, JM Melack, PM Barbosa, AV Borges… - Ecosystems, 2022 - Springer
Extensive floodplains and numerous lakes in the Amazon basin are well suited to examine
the role of floodable lands within the context of the sources and processing of carbon within …

Hydrodynamic modeling of inundation patterns of a large African floodplain indicates sensitivity to waterway restoration

TDM Willis, MW Smith, DE Cross… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale floodplains are important features of the African continent. Regular inundation
provides the means to support large populations but can also present problems such as …